# Need Help with Pixen or similar

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-pixen-or-similar/242816>\
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**Created:** [October 30, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-pixen-or-similar/242816 "2007-10-30T18:24:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![babygirlruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@babygirlruby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/babygirlruby)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-pixen-or-similar/242816/1 "2007-10-30T18:24:35Z")

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I need an alternative for MS Paint on a Mac, so i downloaded Pixen. I havent ever used Photoshop or anything so it was a bit complicated for me.  
basically, all i really wanted to do was change the photo so that the only colours that are used are black and white (not greyscale, just black and white). it makes a really cool effect, and in MS Paint all I had to do was click image \> attributes \> then check the box that says black and white instead of colour. Very simple, but after ages of fiddling around with Pixen i gave up.  
can anybody tell me how i do this, or at least another program that will let me do it?